It seems the Privateer was winning and he decided to play one turn, then let the Q play 3 turns and then play the next to avoid being dropped.
Since it was done at the latter stages of the game it seems his intention was only to avoid being dropped because he lost interest in the game.

My question is if that is cheating or it depends on every particular case. It is not listed in the cheating list (like the queue stuffing) and I don't think the Q can help the developing of your empire around turn 30, but it may be annoying for the rivals around turn 80.

When one turns race over to the Q can that one even get the race back? Anyone that is leading the game may be able to miss turns and get away with it but missing turns and Q ownership is less than serious gameplay.

casebolt wrote:When one turns race over to the Q can that one even get the race back? Anyone that is leading the game may be able to miss turns and get away with it but missing turns and Q ownership is less than serious gameplay.

You can activate the holliday mode, the Q and you figure as the same player like a team. If you send your turn this is the good one, if not, the Q makes the turn. I think you can use this feature for a few turns and then you must come back because the countdown to kick you off starts (4 turns and you're out).

I did not know that and see your concern, seems that the Q is able to use teleport in minerals/cash/fuel In a current game the Q took a Planet from me 5-6 turns ago where I just took it back and was amazed that it had over 4,000 mcs should have only been max around 500 mcs. Not sure if a cloaked ship brought acnd dumped the cash or it used a teleport function (non star base Planet) or it just conjured it out of thin air/ Cheat.

casebolt wrote:I did not know that and see your concern, seems that the Q is able to use teleport in minerals/cash/fuel In a current game the Q took a Planet from me 5-6 turns ago where I just took it back and was amazed that it had over 4,000 mcs should have only been max around 500 mcs. Not sure if a cloaked ship brought acnd dumped the cash or it used a teleport function (non star base Planet) or it just conjured it out of thin air/ Cheat.

The Q created the cash. It also creates fuel on ships with low or no fuel.

You can't expect the Q to play better than an average or even inexpert human player.
So, the Privateer in Invasion 2 game was only waiting to the end of game, playing one turn each 4 to avoid being demoted and he was sure the Q had no chances to destroy his score because he had already a lot of advantage on the other players score.

It was not cheating, just a way to avoid the "waste" of time to make the turn at home twice a week.
Lazy guy

You can't expect the Q to play better than an average or even inexpert human player.
So, the Privateer in Invasion 2 game was only waiting to the end of game, playing one turn each 4 to avoid being demoted and he was sure the Q had no chances to destroy his score because he had already a lot of advantage on the other players score.

It was not cheating, just a way to avoid the "waste" of time to make the turn at home twice a week.
Lazy guy

Here's a good test over on an old abandoned VGAP site that was done years ago. The site was called Hyperspace. It's pretty comprehensive and covers just about all of the VGAP cplayers that are avaialble.